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jumbo

4th January 2011, 15:07
Eureka! I've found this one (6)
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jumbo

4th January 2011, 15:12
The Swedish Nightingale's place (5,4)
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mark

4th January 2011, 15:14
Archimedes, a native of the Greek city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. When he was in the public baths one day he discovered the first law of Hydrostatics - that a body when immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. In his excitement, forgetting to clothe himself, he rose from his bath and ran home shouting, “Eureka! Eureka!” (I have found it! I have found it!)

So the answer is SICILY
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chrisg

4th January 2011, 15:15
Jenny Lind
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jumbo

4th January 2011, 15:18
thank you both - re Jenny Lind - I had that in but didn't think to check if it was an island!!
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chrisg

4th January 2011, 15:19
Jenny Lind island is located in the queen maud gulf in Canada and named after the swedish born opera singer Jenny Lind..known as the swedish nightingale
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mark

4th January 2011, 15:19
I don't know if it helps, but Johanna Maria Lind (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887), better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale"
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